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Stocks open higher on better manufacturing report

The Associated Press

Posted:
03/26/2014 07:52:14 AM MDT

NEW YORK—Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as investors respond to an encouraging sign on U.S. manufacturing.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose nine points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,875 in the first few minutes of trading Wednesday. That's about three points below the latest all-time high for the index set on March 7.